Health

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) declared the city’s recent outbreak of measles over on Thursday. CDPH said 42 days have passed — two full incubation periods for measles — without any new cases confirmed. On March 7, 2024, Chicago health officials confirmed the city’s first measles case […]

ollo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study is shedding more light on the importance of exposing kids to peanut products at a young age to help reduce the risk of an allergy later in life. The study, led by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and published Tuesday, […]

lacaosa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic have changed the way many Americans are eating and as people taking these medications reassess their relationship with food, diet experts are offering helpful nutritional tips to add to your wellness plate. Registered Dietitian Maya Feller spoke with ABC News’ Good Morning […]

John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly two decades after the launch of the first HPV vaccine, mounting evidence shows that people who got vaccinated are dramatically less likely to develop HPV-related cancers in adulthood. HPV is a common viral infection that causes an estimated 690,000 cases of cancer every year […]

ABC News’ Becky Worley undergoes testing at the University of California Davis Medical Center for the All of Us Research Program. — ABC News (DAVIS, Calif.) — Becky Worley is an ABC News correspondent based in California. Here, she documents her experience as a participant in the All of Us Research Program, a National Institutes […]

Participant holds a protest sign at a rally as immigration advocates and allies gathered at Battery Park, New York City, on Oct. 26, 2019. — Erik Mcgregor/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has finalized plans to expand government-subsidized health insurance for people brought to the country illegally as children but shielded […]

Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (PHOENIX, Az.) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed repeal legislation of a long dormant, near-total abortion ban that was recently revived by the state Supreme Court, stirring widespread controversy and debate. Hobbs’ signature will reverse the pending reactivation of the restrictive abortion law that […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — As Florida’s six-week abortion ban took effect Wednesday, Dr. Robyn Schickler, CMO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, discussed counseling patients who may be seeking abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy. Schickler recently had to inform her patients that Florida does not offer abortion services, and had to […]

Negelle Morris, senior vice president of Novo Nordisk, speaks out on “Good Morning America” about drugs used for weight loss. Via GMA (NEW YORK) — An executive for Novo Nordisk, the maker of popular drugs used for weight loss including Ozempic and Wegovy, says the company is investing over $6 billion dollars to help meet […]

Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Retail dairy samples recently tested for the avian flu virus, including cottage cheese and sour cream, did not detect any viable virus that would represent a risk to consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. In a joint press briefing with the Centers for Disease Control and […]